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Tiger King | A captivating portrait of obsession gone wrong

Friends | Suspension of disbelief at Central Perk

The Boys Presents: Diabolical | An animated human self-reflection

Westworld | Free will is not free

Dickinson | The great American poet, revised

Queen Sugar is a portrayal of oppression

The Walking Dead explores human nature

The Morning Show | A story about power

The Politician | An ironic and extra political satire

What feeds journalists in The Newsroom

Lost | The first mainstream phenomenon on TV

The Undoing | Not only a murder story

Jean Hanff Korelitz

Unbelievable | A story of injustice

Dark humor meets heavy drama in Orange Is the New Black

Seinfeld | The Sitcom Grandma

Brooklyn Nine-Nine | The good cops do exist

Watchmen | A subversion of the superhero

A new renaissance in Atlanta

Dark is an exception among TV shows

Gilmore Girls | An everlasting flavor of friendship

Amy Sherman-Palladino

The Nanny | Between style and identity

Chernobyl | What history can teach

The Kominsky Method | Laughter and melancholy

Fargo | The endless war between Good and Evil, Chance and Inevitability

Go Ahead | Family is not about blood relations

Loki | The God of Mischief is back (again)

Michael Waldron

Solos | Humans wanted

Ted Lasso | Being good is the new being bad

Romulus | A coming-of-age story in the ancient Lazio

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | It’s comedy time

Amy Sherman-Palladino

Grey’s Anatomy | A pillar in the modern TV era

Bridgerton | A revolutionary period drama

Chris Van Dusen

Game of Thrones | When TV goes big

Euphoria | A visceral portrayal of the teenage experience

Adventure Time | Magic, swords and heartbreak

The Rose of Versailles | Putting politics into a children’s anime

Unorthodox | Finding one own’s voice

Arcane | A dissertation on Human Nature

Christian Linke

Tales from the Loop | A guide on how to accept Time

Nathaniel Halpern

The End of the F***ing World | A psychopathic love story

Jonathan Entwistle

Devs | Alex Garland’s outlook on godlike tech companies

Freaks and Geeks | A genuine portrait of adolescence

The Crown | Royalty & the Grey Zone

Downton Abbey | Upstairs and Downstairs Intrigues

Julian Fellowes

Schitt’s Creek | Not a regular family

Squid Game | Rules, rage and revolution of the TV Rubik’s cube

Hwang Dong-hyuk

The Queen’s Gambit | A western on the chessboard

The Boys | The dark side of superheroes

Sex Education | How hard being normal can be

The Man in the High Castle | “What have might been”

Narcos | A contemporary epic of drug warfare

Scenes from a Marriage | Gender roles, love and an empty house

Breaking Bad | The downward spiral of an ordinary man

How I Met Your Mother | No time for regret

How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) | The greatest drug dealers

Philipp Käßbohrer

It’s a Sin | The AIDS invasion in 1980s’ London

Russell T. Davies

The Handmaid’s Tale | It’s all much more than fiction

WandaVision | The ultimate coping mechanism

Big Little Lies | What lies beneath the surface

Will & Grace | Breaking taboos and making TV history

Fleabag challenges the viewer in many ways

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Tear along the dotted line by Zerocalcare | Being a black belt in dodging life

Hollywood | Rewriting the Golden Age of Cinema

The Serpent | Asia’s most famous serial killer

Clichés & the City with Emily in Paris

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | What does it mean to be American

Malcolm Spellman

Alfredino | Reconstruction of a national tragedy

Barbara Petronio

The Big Bang Theory | How nerds and geeks conquered the world

Rick and Morty | The absurd balance between tragedy and miracle of life

Normal People | Diverting the viewer’s expectations

Elite | A teen drama dealing with complex themes

Community | The best college to attend

How Breeders tells the truth about parenting

Galavant | A different happily ever after

M.O.D.O.K. | A husband, a father, a Marvel villain having a harsh time

Trying | An amusing glimpse into adoption

Marvel’s Daredevil | Being a Catholic superhero

I Know This Much is True | A centrifuge of sadness

Derek Cianfrance

The Office | Pure comedy in the workplace

The Woman in The House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window | Playing with clichés

The Wilds | A matriarchal utopia inspired by teenage girls

Sarah Streicher

Master of None | Different stories, same show

Glee | The anthem of underdogs worldwide

VEEP | A female vice-president? Not fiction anymore

Armando Iannucci

Sherlock | The beloved investigative loner

This is Us | How life is the perfect mix of sweet and sour

Sharp Objects | A deep and dark humanity

Maid | A game-changing tail on motherhood and abuse

Molly Smith Metzler

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | A social commentary in the shape of a comedy

Veronica Mars | When teen drama meets neo-noir

Inspector Montalbano | Sicily’s quintessence in a nutshell

Andrea Camilleri

Years and Years | A timely representation of today’s reality

Russell T Davies

House, M.D. | When diagnostics becomes investigation

The Flight Attendant | The room where everything changed

Sense8 | A celebration of human connectedness

House of Cards offers a dark portrait of America

Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet | It’s not only about gaming

You | A Satire on Toxic Masculinity

The Good Place could be a better place

Neon Genesis Evangelion | The harsh relationship with the other

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina | The witches of modern times

Roberto Aguirre Sacasa

The Underground Railroad | On the screen

Only Murders in the Building | Three strangers, a crime scene, and a podcast

Pose | Ball culture and trans representation

Killing Eve | Spies and Assassins play their game

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

The White Lotus | Evil & WASPs

Mindhunter | How to understand serial killers’ patterns

When They See Us | The long way towards equality

Mad Men | The pursuit of happiness in American society

Dear White People | An exploration of racial identity

The Leftovers | A symphony of grief

Parenthood | The white picket fence family illusion

BoJack Horseman | A human journey

Raphael Bob-Waksberg

Before and after Twin Peaks

Shameless | Tongue-in-cheek humor and kitchen sink realism

Dawson’s Creek | Teen drama revolution

Kevin Williamson

Mistery and domestic struggles in Desperate Housewives

Lupin | The gentleman thief who never dies

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